Cambridge Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures in English

Informationen zum Autor C. L. Innes is Emeritus Professor of Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Kent. Zusammenfassung Placing its emphasis on literary rather than theoretical texts! this book offers detailed discussion of many internationally renowned authors! including James Joyce! Chinua Achebe! Salman Rushdie! Les Murray and Derek Walcott. It also includes historical surveys of the main countries discussed! a glossary! and biographical notes on major authors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction: Situating the postcolonial; 2. Postcolonial issues in performance; 3. Alternative histories and writing back; 4. Authorising the self: postcolonial autobiographical writing; 5. Situating the self: landscape and place; 6. Appropriating the word: language and voice; 7. 'Narrating the nation': form and genre; 8. Rewriting her story: nation and gender; 9. Rewriting the nation: acknowledging economic and cultural diversity; 10. Transnational and black British writing: colonising in reverse; 11. Citizens of the world: reading postcolonial literature; Glossary of critical terms; Notes on main writers discussed; Brief histories: Australia, The Caribbean, East Africa, India and Pakistan, Ireland, West Africa; Bibliography.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: C. L. Innes, C. L. (University of Kent Innes, Catherine Lynette Innes
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 25.10.2007
• EAN: 9780521541015
• ISBN: 978-0-521-54101-5
• Abmessung: 153 mm x 230 mm x 18 mm
• Serien: Cambridge Introductions to Literature; Print On Demand; Cambridge Introductions to Lit; Print on Demand; Cambridge Introductions to Literature
• Themen: Schule und Lernen > Unterrichtsvorbereitung > Berufliche Bildung; Irland, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien